Stadia Fund III

Stadia Fund III is a venture capital fund managed by Stadia Ventures, based in St. Louis, Missouri. The fund focuses on investing in sports and esports startups, aiming to identify and support 4-6 promising companies twice a year. Each selected startup receives a $100,000 investment and participates in a comprehensive 14-week business development bootcamp, which includes seven sessions designed to enhance their business acumen. Founders are paired with experienced mentors and gain access to a vast network of potential clients. Over its four-year operation, Stadia Ventures has developed a portfolio of 40 companies, achieving five successful exits and helping its portfolio companies raise over $53 million in additional funding. The firm has also expanded its operations to Frisco/Dallas, further enhancing its reach in the sports business ecosystem.

Tim Hayden

General Partner

Past deals in Sports

Obsesh

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Obsesh is a real-time sports platform that connects consumers to athletes. Our digital marketplace transforms the way fans access and interact with their idols through real-time content experiences to level up their obsessions. An early-stage, women-founded company actively accelerated by the premiere sports-specialty accelerator, Stadia Ventures and Austin-based Newchip. Cofounders are seasoned consumer platform builders and operators for affinity-loved brands including beats, gopro, best buy, the home depot, and more. Our mission is to make it easy for athletes to make a living on their own terms.

Obsesh

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Obsesh is a real-time sports platform that connects consumers to athletes. Our digital marketplace transforms the way fans access and interact with their idols through real-time content experiences to level up their obsessions. An early-stage, women-founded company actively accelerated by the premiere sports-specialty accelerator, Stadia Ventures and Austin-based Newchip. Cofounders are seasoned consumer platform builders and operators for affinity-loved brands including beats, gopro, best buy, the home depot, and more. Our mission is to make it easy for athletes to make a living on their own terms.

Reely

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Reely is an end-to-end content solution for sports leagues that leverages computer vision and deep learning A.I. Reely uses a proprietary computer vision and artificial intelligence platform to provide professional production and distribution capabilities at a fraction of the cost.
ACE Applied Cognitive Engineering Ltd. develops software based brain-gyms. The company offers soccer, basketball, and hockey intelligent gym. It helps users to improve their hockey, basketball, and soccer skills on a computer based tool. The tool helps trainees to improve the performance of the targeted tasks. The company offers its software for sports players, security personnel, fighter pilots, medical staff, traders, and test preparation students. ACE Applied Cognitive Engineering Ltd. is based in Pine Brook, New Jersey.

Pledge It

Seed Round in 2019
Pledge It is a sports crowdfunding platform that enables athletes and organizations to raise funds for charitable causes through performance-based donations. The platform supports a diverse range of users, including professional athletes, major universities, and amateur teams, allowing them to generate financial support by leveraging their sports achievements. Pledge It has partnered with prominent organizations like the American Cancer Society and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to expand its impact. With a significant year-over-year growth of nearly 300%, Pledge It continues to empower individuals and teams to connect their athletic endeavors with meaningful fundraising efforts, making it easier for them to contribute to the causes they care about.

GamerzArena

Seed Round in 2018
GamerzArena provides everyone with the platform to compete in eSports for cash prizes or sponsored product at any time.

Reely

Seed Round in 2017
Reely is an end-to-end content solution for sports leagues that leverages computer vision and deep learning A.I. Reely uses a proprietary computer vision and artificial intelligence platform to provide professional production and distribution capabilities at a fraction of the cost.

Kadho

Seed Round in 2017
Kadho Sports is a company based in Irvine, California, founded in 2015, that specializes in developing neuroscience-based training software for various sports, including baseball, softball, volleyball, tennis, soccer, hockey, and basketball. The company's primary offering is the Kadho Sports platform, a mobile and cloud-based solution designed to accelerate athletes' learning processes for sport-specific skills. The development of this platform stems from the founders' expertise in neuroscience and their commitment to integrating scientific advancements with technology to enhance athletic performance. Kadho Sports aims to support athletes of all levels by providing innovative tools that facilitate skill acquisition and improve overall performance in their respective sports.

Block Six Analytics

Seed Round in 2016
Block Six Analytics (B6A) has created a suite of web-based applications that enables sports organizations to manage their sponsorship, media, ticketing, event, and billing activities in one platform. The Partnership Scoreboard is their web-based application enables sports organization to quantify the value of sponsorships and demonstrate new engagement opportunities for corporate partners. The application uses a proprietary valuation model and technology to demonstrate how targeted impressions help corporate partners generate new revenue and meet sponsorship goals through a relationship with a sports property.

BODITRAK SPORTS

Seed Round in 2016
BODITRAK SPORTS is a sports technology company based in Morning View, Kentucky, specializing in the interaction between athletes and the ground. The company focuses on developing innovative solutions that help instructors and athletes enhance performance while minimizing the risk of injury. By manufacturing golf goods and utilizing advanced technology, BODITRAK SPORTS aims to improve the overall athletic experience and provide valuable insights into an athlete's performance dynamics.

Meridix

Seed Round in 2016
Meridix Creative, Inc. operates a live sports Webcast platform. It offers live streaming services for sports HD videos, audio, scores, and stats; and live streaming services for sports at various levels, including local, high school, college, pro, and everything in between. The company’s platform enables users to create live sports Webcasts that look like the pros; tracks real-time games; broadcast games from various mobile devices that include Windows, Mac, iPhone/iPad, Android, and more; and monetize broadcasts with banner ads, tickets, season passes, or downloads to analyze audience with detailed statistics reports. Its platform also archives game videos and audio for later viewing along with scores, stats, and other event data; provides audio-only live streaming services for broadcasters and radio stations; and offers tape delayed uploading services. Meridix Creative, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Naperville, Illinois.